The evening world. Newspaper, January 13, 1915, Page 7

a ~*~ Ne Change tm Cowperthwatt Plans. iblishers of The Evening World: 10 enough . dered more cars put on, Weren't eotions sad tree which acy pase FLUSHING FIGHTS they put on? Yes, they weren't! fwd Ey | Jobn Holley Clark, representing the a for another 7 association, told Justice Lehman it 1 hat CR RCE ORDER had always been the “opinion” of the a gM OO Public fervies Commission that the -~ Srwenty frst Deseo, We: bane oe road to Flushing needed more qurfave fo ge 7M tages hs Ag MG) cars, OCOWPERTHWATT & SONS, “That's as far, however,” said Holley, “as the Commission evor gets.” ——.—_ Justice Lehman reminded the attor- | An Old Family Cough left to their discretion. * RESIDENTS WANT SEATS. making this pint of old-time cough are at een fe not only save about the ade Their Attorney Says New Sub- way Excuse for Inaction Is Bosh. — Supreme Court Justice Lehman to- day heard arguments in the applica- tion of the Flushing Association for & peremptory writ of mandamus against the Public Service Commis- sion and the officers of the New York and Queens County Railway Com- pany to compel the enforcement of the Commission's order requiring the company to put on sixty-seven more cars, Residents of Flushing hope by different commissioners.” Commission's original order in ney for the Flushing Association. it would cost $500,000 to ounces of ” ana do not accept any-| that means to get a seat occasionally.| and before ime. money coud be Hh 5 baidi: earned back the new Queens subway- ‘A guarantes of absolute satisfaction, | Th® Tallway company, & subsidiary | Sievated ayater would take many of of the B. R. T., has been employing Ft, | the well known B. R. T. methods tor James McCreery & Co... 34th Street 5th Avenue Extraordinary Offerings ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY Specially Arranged Sale WOMEN’S & MEN’S UMBRELLAS 1,800 Pure Twilled Silk and /Taffeta Umbrellas. .......value 5.00 to 7.50 2.65 1,800 Pure Silk and Silk Mixed Umbrellas..........values 8.00 and 4.00 1.85 Walking Sticks 1,000 Men’s Walking Sticks...................-Walue 2.00 to 4.00 95¢ These Walking Sticks are from the 1915 stock of a prominent manufacturer; many are mounted in Sterling Silver; an unsufpassed assortment of desirable and popular woods is represented. The offering is unprecedented for the assortment and quality. ' HIGH GRADE FURS 331% to 50% Price Reductions Women’s Coats Caracu! Coats made from flat, soft lustrous skins; richly lined; collar of Natural Sreak or ie ir ! contrasting fut. 40 in long. formerly 95.00, Caracul Coats made from choice lustrous skins,—contrasting fur collar........... seeeee 25,00 formerly 185. made f1 choi lected skins,—Natural Skunk collar. 40 inches long. Hudson Seal Coats rom choice se! al iF ae eet in Extr Sizes,—from 46 to 50 inch bust measure.......... 110.00 Hudson Seal Coats made in ‘a Large he sasge Persian Coats,—made from selected skins with high lustre; richly lined; collar of Natural skank. a formerly 245.00, 175.00 French Seal Coats...cccccccccccccccscnnscccscceccsnces ae -formerly 85.00, 45.00 Muffs & Neckpieces Natural Skunk Muffs,—superior quality Black Lynx Muffs..*:.formerly $7.50, 27.50 formerly $2.50, mes i ad al Skunk Neckpieces........... 15.00 ynx Neckpieces.......+..+...16, Dieser eee 22.50 formerly 24.00 : Extensive price concessions have been made in all Fur Garments, Mufis and Neckpieces ia both Foreign’ and Domestic designs, in fine Caracu, Hudson Seai, Ressian Sabie, Eastern Mink and Ermine. “LA VIDA” CORSETS—¥4 PRICE AND LESS New Models—Latest Fashionable Shapes Owing to the European disturbance, the manufacturers of “La Vida” Corsets are unable to obtain further supplies of foreign fabrics and trimmings, and have closed out to us their pals stock of “La Vida” Corsets, made of Imported fabrics, at great reductions from their actual values. This enables us to offer these world-renowned corsets at extraordinarily low prices, Prices for This Sale Only 15.00 Models.~ +++-5.50 | 5,00 and 6.50 Models..0creresseeses + 2:95 7.60 and 10,00 Models........ 3.95 8,00 and 4.00 Models,........++e0000% 1,95 Made of Imported Coutil, Batiste or Broche,—richly trimmed, value 3.00 to 25.00. Our arrangement with the makers prohibits a sale of more than two pairs to any one purchaser at the above reduced prices. the Public Service Commission or- Es ney that if the law empowers the’ GALE SWEEPS NEW ENGLAND. Remedy, Home-Made Arguments Made in Court on|Puviic service Commissioners to} petty i order certain things thelr “opinions”! Bastly Very Mandamus Writ Against [deem necessary, he could hardly ask | aa @ court of equity to step in and order | Little, but Is Prompt, Sure B. R. T. Subsidiary. them to do something that had been | and Effective. y “If, as you contend,” satd Justice Lehman, “the Public Service Com- | missioners have not been as keenly alive to the Interests of certain sec- tions of the city as they might have been, that is another and a regret- able matter, But it does not lie with- in the power of the court to afford any relief in the matter of supplying George 8. Coleman, attorney for the Commission, told the Court that the summer of 1911 had subsequently been modified after a public hearing. *The later order, too, would prob- ably have been modified,” he sald, “had it not been for the unintention- ally obstructive tactics of the attor- “The Commissioners ordered on sixty-seven more cars in the hope of accommodating traffic in that nection of the city, but the company showed build the cars and $200,000 more to operate them. That $700,000 would have had to be raised by a new issue of stock, the passengers away from the street cars. years, Flushingites say. Last Nov. 2%0| “The company offered to put on EVENING WORLD, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1918. ! twenty-fve more cars, but we haven't; yet had a public hearing on that.” Justice Lehman ordered the attor- neys to submit briefs. As ho was leaving the courtroom Clark said: “That sibway-elovated excuse is bosh! ‘The new ling may not get even to Corona for two years, Res yond that it gets. to Flushing only on Paper. Will the residents of Flush- ing have to hang on to straps for ten years because the street car company thinks It can't earn enough in that |time to pay for more cars?” STORM DAMAGES JERSEY COAST Seabright Again Suffers from Raging Waters—Schooner in Trouble. {Special to ‘The tventog World.) SKABRIGHT, N. J., Jan. 12.-Tho hortheaster that raged along the Jer- sey coast all night did more damage to Seabright and adjoining places, re- cently recovered from the last da- structive storm, The heavy sea whipped by a furious 76-mile an hour gale, rolled over the land where the Ovtagon Hotel was washed away and maxinvum | 9, strength off the southeast coust at dawn nat, Sa ee eee \to-day, causing much damage In Rhode |tstand, Connecticut and Southeastern| Water two feet deep covered Ocean Massachusetts. Many telephono and|@venue, the water coming yp to the jonsl local Prohibition bill. al by the National Anti-s oreunization’ New York for National Proitbittun. Legisiature the people of the Stal 8 whole may for the first time vo the liquor question, demand that all sections of t) liquor licenses should be issued, er Three States and cutors Secretary, BOSTON, Jan, 13.—The Gulf storm of | Sunday, which reached New England yesterday, attained its aa his secretary George Barr Bak No. 376 Park Avenue. zine for elght years and has also Motel, was split and the bulkheads ‘The effect of the storm was light tol belng Tepaired in front of the Mason the north of this city. Damage to the|& W, A. Shipman cottages on Ocean |southern section began when the rain | avenue were washed away, The ocean turned to snow early to-day and the|has washed through to the river in wind increased rapidly until it reached | Places between Seabright and Mon- ‘hurricane velocity at Block Isl and | mouth Beach and train traffic has been Nantucket. The telegraph wires sagged | suspended between Highlands and Sea- | under the weight of the snow and the| bright. Commuters from this section Gale broke poles by tha scare. dire forced to go to New York by way of Branchport. | BARNEGAT, N. J., Jan. 13.—?he schooner Florence M. Belding, from Brunswick, Ga., for New York, went ashore to-day fourteen miles to the north, The vessel appeared to be in need of immediate assistance. revenue cutter Mohawk was notified Aviator Gets 61,780.78 Judgm (Special to The Rvening World.) WHITE PLAINS, N. Clifton ©, Hadley, Roberts Motor Mompany of Sand oO. mules PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 1 pe the Jury. brought ina cveralot sons are dead and several seriously in- jured to-day aa the result of one of the Worst storms in this section in years. The Schuylkill River has risen to al- ley agree 1 0.78, The judgment was for ‘The L. the Roberta Company, Hi having Paritan Breaks Moorings tm Gale and Hite Fishing Crate. STONINGTON, Conn., Jan. 13.—The steame> Puritan of the New England Navigation Company, which has been laid up here for about six months, broke away from her dock during the heavy blow on Long Island Sound last night and drifted across the slip, crushing or sinking five fishing boats. No one was injured. Three hawsers parted at the bow, allowing the Puritan to swing about. Only the watchman was on the Puritan, and he remained on board, —<$<$<—s—_—_—. HAS PROHIBITION BILL. Assemblyman Howard to Introduce Optional Measere, Sie SALESMAN SENT TO PRISON. Samuel Schults, @ salesman, of No, 6615 Twelfth Avenue, Brooklyn, was to-day sent to the penitentiary for alx months by Justices Russell, Collins and Moss in Special Sesions for petit larceny committed to the sale of a batch of Hip- podrome tickets. Schults, who registered at the Hotel Imperial as E. M, Taylor, obtained on Dec, 21 ten Hippodrome tickets worth $2.50 apiece from a ticket agency in tho lobby, had them charged to his room, and the same day went to the box office of the amusement place, said that his had died and relinquished the or Oi Put a teaspoonful of Om: said he took the tickets family was “down and could get no work, because hi out” of the Assembly to-night. Assemblyman treatment usually gives q\ ~~ Lord Taylor Fifth Avenue, 88th Street, 89th Street Music Daily—Luncheon and Afternoon Tea, 10 A. M. to 5,P. M., Tenth Floor Special Luncheon, 75¢ : Black Dress Silks Important Sale for Thursday, Friday and Saturday At Unusual Reductions from Customary Prices Black Dress Silks \ Black Dress Silks Usually €5.50 to $7.00 per yard/D.3+5O| Usually $3.00 to $4.00 per’ yard Black Dress Silks Black Dress Silk. Uoually $6.00 to $7.50 per yard 89-95 Uaually ‘$4.50 to 85.00 per yard —Also— 7.05 $2.05 Several Thousands of Waist and Dress Lengths Black and Colored Silks 506 wo $1.80 Usually $1.00 to $3.50 per yard be Street Floor 4,000 yards Colored Silks in evening and street shades 68¢ Usually 85c per yard Clearance Sale of Dress Goods Wool and Silk and Wool Dress Goods Special Values in New Cotton Goods White French Tosca Crepes \350 Wide width, light weight, fine, soft 58C, 78C8 98c and sheer. Special, per yard 1.00 to $3.00 ard Imported Colored > ati Golf Cords or Corduroy Black Broadcloth 54 inches wide, sponged and $ 8 of all the new colorings. IO Special, per yard. Hand Woven Japanese Crepe 80 inches wide; will not shrink and requires no ironing after being laun- dered; more than 50 shades. Special, per yard) Second Floor 26-27 inches wide, » complete ae 78C shrunk, correct weight and lus- trous. Usually $3.00 per yard! AccordionPleated Skirt Lengths Waist bands attached, in a va- riety of dress fabrics for street wear. Very Special at. Second Floor $4.25 each 25C 0 ’ Closing Out 150 Women’s Vestees Fancy Silk, Wool and Wood Silk, in assorted colors, small Lele AW \ 75¢ The Latest Spring Novelties in Casstmere and Jersey Sweater Coats at Prices Ranging from $7.50 to $12.50 Fourth Floor PERKINS NAMES AIDE. George B@rr Baker WI Be Prose-) Dintrict Attorney Perkins announced | to-day that he had appointed to act Mr. Baker was aaxociate editor of Everybody's Maga- managing editor of the Delineator. lexraphic wires were crippled, trana-|front steps of stores and the|!* widely known In literary circles and be ratioe te ane a in Wea hi ea| First National Bank. The new lx & member of the Players and other boay the kualeer’ Cae: & ampere’ 415,000 bulkhead in front of | “UD. and the highest tide in ten years waa! }y7) ‘Dederer’s Peninsula parte ointment 1s personal. | Mr. 5 rking has known Mr, Baker for you Naat Acadhe-sadligbeen erential oon ard esteems him as a man of initiative Jand great capability in accomplishment, against the 2.350, and for $2,500. On’ the suggestion of Justice Mills Had- to reduce the amount to 1s on sales of motors at Mineola, ed agent for the sale Most the food stage, A bo-mile eale/of her plight and prepared to go to, of th coer le Wak tive Bret juring pedestrians. The two dead - —— County, gone were fun down by automobiles! LINER CRUSHES BOATS. Omega ColdinHead and Catarrh Oilina cup of boiling water, then inhale the steam which goes through the passages ALBANY, Jan. 13.—At the meeting’ of the nose and throat. This sienple 1 Howard, ft Is reported, will introduce | Ad jaloon League, the measure will represent the programme of preparing the event of itt passage through the te asl te on Howard declares there Je @ growing | he Btate bo permitted the right to decide whether | er of been | He ent, jusky, come jadley l B. Altnan & Ca. Betalph Guaranteed Silk Hosiery THE HOSIERY OF QUALITY. The Spring assortments of this desirable American-made Hosiery are now being shown in the new American colors. just introduced by B. Altman & Co, ; ras The new colors are: Palm Beach Oregon Green Tuxedo Brown , Delaware Peach Arizona Silver * Newport Tan Gettysburg Gray Piping Rock Rocky Mountain Blue This Hosiery is made of a high-grade fuse trous silk particularly recommended for its wearing qualities. The new lines of Betalph Silk Half-hose are in stock in all the popular colors as well as in black and white. Moderate Prices. The Initiatory Display of Imported and American-made Cotton Dress Fabrics (in white and colors) is now being made, accurately forecasting the Spring and Summer : fashions in cotton materials. Included in the showing are a great number of styles (many of them exclusive to B. Altman & Co.) in Embroidered Organdies, Voiles and Lace Cloths; English Voilés in printed and woven stripe effects; Madras Shirtings in cotton and silk-eand-cotton mixtures; Irish Dimities; Dress Linens, Gabardines and Whipcord Suitings. B. Aina & Co ~ The Millinery Department, on the First Floor, has arranged to offer at a special sale on Thursday, Women’s & Misses’ Trimmed Hats in several smartly-fashioned models of satin, and satin and straw combinations, at $5.75 and $7.50 ~ Trimmed Sports Hats . at $3.50 | And Untrimmed Satin Hats . -at 2.90 These _are_unusial_values.. Fifth Aueme-Madison Avene, i 34th and 35th Streets | Mem York 1 ‘CEILI TI, Signs of the Zodiac in the Publ Firmament 415,629 266,77 "a, Caner ae Last Yeoar— 332,801 HAN THB mony SEA, 68,463 48,119 I THAN THS MOT gHALD. 12,822 World “For tale” ade, Tat Year— 11,036 MOUR THAN fixutacy, 7" *